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Patented June 11, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I GEORGE J. NETH, F vmw'roiffoino, ASSIG-NOR TO THE may REGISTERCOMPANY, 1-

DAYTON, 01110, A CORPORATION 01 01110.

au roemnic REGISTER.

Application filed'December 8, 1927. Serial No. 238,637.

My invention relates to .autogiaphic registers.

It is the object 01 my invention to provide an autographic register inwhich the several superimposed paper sheets will be aligned by themovement of the writing table, and particularly by the engagement of thewriting table with the creases transversely of the sheets along whichcreases the paper can be aligned. It will be understood that the paperis supplied in packswith the several sheets riding one on the otherandfolde'd along their'creased lines, the creased lines being adjacentone to the other, although there are other means of supply, such aspaper perforated transversely and carried on rolls which can likewise behandled by this machine.

It is my object to provide a machine in which by a single continuousmovement of the crank handle it is possible to eject any lengtlnof sheetdesired, according to the setting of the machine so that one standard machine will be adaptable to all the commercial lengths of registertickets currently used.

It is a further object to provide a machine in which this singlecontinuous movement of the handle will bring about a feeding of theslips and storing of one of the sheets, a separation of the feedingrolls with the cessation of feeding, the restraint of the rolls fromfurther rotation, the alignment of the sheets and the movement of thehandle without moving the rolls so as'to bring the handle to ini tialstarting position again, with incidental clamping of the sheets so thatat the end of the handle movement the sheets to be ejected may be tornoff.

It is my objcctto provide a sequence of movements, in which the handlefirst ejects the sheets, then the rolls are spread apart and aresto]')ped from continuing to rotate, the writing table is 1110\"(3dbackwardly to align the sheets along their creases drawing the sheetsbackwardly slightly, and then the handle being brought to its initialstarting position again the sheets are clamped or reengaged by theejecting rollers.

The preferred method of handling paper 50 sheets is to remove them froma-pack in a storage compartment and deliver the storage or record. sheetinto a second storage compartment in pack form so that the record may beeasily stored and easily filed in the records of the person owning theregister.

Referring to the drawings:-

Figure I is a top plan view of the complete register, showing a typicalform printed on one of the tickets to be ejected, such form showingthrough the writing opening of the cover plate. i

Figure 2 1s a side elevation from the handle side of the register. I

Figure 3 is a section-on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, looking in thedirection of the arrows.

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4+4 of Figure 2, looking in thedirection of the arrows.

Figure 5 is an enlarged section on the line 5-5 ofFigure 1. v i Figure 6is an enlarged view of the writing table at one end, the papersheets andthe guiding rolls, with the aligning abutment showing the writing tableand sheets in aligned position with the writing table at its rearmostposition.

Figure 7 is a section on the line 77 of Figure 9, looking in thedirection of the arrows, showing the parts of the ejection roll,

locking and unlocking mechanism in position. i

Figure 8 is a similar view, showing the parts in position.

Figure 9 is an enlarged section on 99 of Figure 2.

Figure 10 is a perspective of the clutch arm. Figure 11 is a perspectiveof the clutch roll support.

Figure 12 is a section on the line 12-12 the line of Figur e'$ showingthe roller clutch used for permittin g the handle to continue to move toits home position, while all the gearing carried by the handle, shaftand the rolls is stationary.

Figure 13 is an enlarged view of the aligning dial and final ejectingdistance dial with the handle showing in full line in dotted position toindicate the positions at which the handle will be when the severalsteps of operation take place in the machine, with the clutch pins inthe positions indicated.

Figure 14 is an enlarged plan view of the cam setting dial.

Figure 15 is a trating the steps of movement, with lengths diagrammaticchart illusof movement of the paper for a typical 4 ticket.

Figure 16 is a section on the line 1G1G of Figure 14.

Figure 17 .is a section on the line 1717 of Figure 9.

Figure 18 is a sect-ion onthe line 3-B of Figure 1, showing the tablerearmost positions.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 designates a bottom for theautogra fliic register casing. This casing is provided with side walls 2and 3. An end wall may be provided or not as desired, but in the presentinstance it has been removed for the purpose of clar ity. The supplystorage box, consisting of a rear wall 4, side walls 5, front wall 6 andbottom all 7 fills the rear portion of the register casing. This box issupported upon a bottom support 8 in the bottom of the register. The boxitself contains a plurality of superimposed sheets, generally designated9, which are creased along the creased lines 70, the creased lines beingsuperimposed one over the other.

These sheets are fed upwardly between guiding members or rollers 11 and12, which are held in spaced relationship below the general level of thewriting table 13, and in spaced relationship from the transversealigning abutment 14 held between the side Walls 2 and 3 at the top ofthe register casing just beneath the writing cover 15.

The paper sheets pass between the roll 12 and the aligning abutment 14,upwardly and thence forwardly over the writing table '13. The coverplate 15 is provided'with the usual writing opening 16 and roll cover17, which terminates in the sharp edge 18 against which the ejectedsheets are torn off.

The writing table 13 is supported upon transverse rollers 19. 'Any formof support may be employed so as to facilitate a free fore and aftmovement of the writing table.

Depending from the forward bottom portion of the writing table. are apair of brackets 20 adapted to form spaced shoulders with which the arm21, known as the writing table actuating arm, engages. This arm isprovided with ahead 22, which projects into an aperture 23 in the plate,which a pertureis locatedbetween the shoulders 20.

The rear edge of the writing table is tapered from the bottom of thetable upwardly into a sharp edge as at 24 so as to facilitate theinsert-ion of a sharp accurate aligning edge into the'fold or crease 10of the sheets 9 against the abutment l4 to secure accu ate alignment.

The arm 21 is moved backwardly against the resistance of a spring 25,mounted on a stud 26 on the side wall 3. This movement is effected bythe rotation' of the main actuating handle shaft 27, which carries awriting table actuating cam 28.

- In order to permit of the rearward movegears are driven from the shaft 27 through a master actuating gear 33 and intermediate pinions 34 and35'.

The pinions 34 and 35 are carried on a stud shaft 36 mounted on the sidewall of the register. The shaft 27 carries an actuating handle 37, whichis stopped at the end of the cycle of movement by the movable stop 38.The roller 29 is provided with a ratchet 39 with which a pawl 40 engageswhen the driving movement of the rollers ceases, as will be hereinafterexplained. The purpose of this pawl is to prevent the rollers continuingto turn, due to their momentum, and thus continuing to eject the sheetswhen it is desired that the ejection shall cease and the aligningoperation commence and he executed. This pawl is forced intoengagementwith the teeth of the ratchet 39 by a spring 41, and is movedout of engagement by the ratchet cam 41".

The rolls are spread apart through the agency of a third cam mounted onthe driving shaft- 27, said cam being designated 42 and known as theroll spreading cam. This cam operates a lever 43 pivoted at 44 on theside wall 3 of the register. This lever at its lower end engages with anarm 45'on the cam sleeve 46 mounted upon the transverse shaft 47. Therotation of this -am sleeve 46 serves to clevate a roll spreading yokeand arm 43, which engage with the upper roller to elevate it. This armis guided in its reciprocatory movement by studs 49 working in slots 5)in the arm 48. 4

The shaft 47 with the cam sleeve .6 may be independently manuallyoperated through the button on the outside of the register having aknurled surface and designated 51.

The cams mounted on the sha ft 27 are carried on a sleeve 52, whiclrisprovided with graduations 53 to indicate the length of the sheet to beejected. This sleeve has on one end ratchet teeth 54 engaging withcorrsponding teeth 55 on a second sleeve 56 independently attached tothe shaft 27. Thus the positioning of the cams to effect the properejection may be secured with respect to the shaft 27. The. engagement ofthese sleeves one with the other through their teeth 5t and 55 ismaintained by a coil spring pressing the sleeve 52 against the sleeve56. Such spring is designated 57. The other end of the,

spring abuts against the side wall 3.

The driving shaft 27 has two clutches mounted upon it. The clutchmechanism, which is shown in Figures 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11,

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or other means which has cutaway roller slots in which are mountedspring-pressed rollers 61, pressed outwardly tangentially of the sleeve58 by the spring 62 so as to engage with the inside of a drum 63 carriedon a sleeve 64 attached by a set screw 65 to a third sleeve 66, which isintegral with the gear 33 that is loosely mounted upon the shaft 27 sothat when the gear 33 is halted in its movement the shaft will continueto rotate until the operator has brought the handle to its homeposition.

The roller clutch just described normally connects this gear 33 and itssleeve 66 to the shaft 27, but when it is disconnected the clutch effectis only suflicient to prevent the gear 33 from spinning, due to itsmomentum, while at the same time the clutch is not sufliciently strongand positive to carry the gear 33 with the shaft .27 but is allowed toslip relative thereto and stay in its position of rest. This rollerclutch is known as an anti-spinning gear clutch.

The gear clutch proper consists of a drum 67 extending laterally of thegear 33. This drum has pivoted on the inside of it a clutch rollsupport, designated 68. This clutch roll support is U-shaped witharcuate arms hav ing a pivot 69 connecting the arms and a roller 70mounted in slots 71 in the ends of the arms adapted to move transverselyof the arms. One of the arms is provided with a cam head 72.

The rear end 73 of thisclutch roll support is provided with a shoulder74. A helical spring 75 is mounted on the pivot support 69, between thearms of the clutch roll support. One end of this spring engages withthe-inside of the end member 73 and the other end of the spring engageswith the end of the clutch arm 76, between whose jaws 77 the i clutchroll support is pivoted, the roller 70 being adapted to engage with theouter cam surface 78 of the clutch arm 76. This clutch arm 76 is mountedupon the shaft 27 and turns with it.

The clutch arln also carries a pair of jaws 79, on which is pivoted aspring-pressed finger 8O controlled by the spring 81 mounted around itspivot 82. A "pin 83 projects throughthe side wall 2. This pin 83 iscarried on a ring 84, and projects through a slot 85 in an outside dialplate 86. The ring 84 is provided with an arm 87 that has a hooked end88 engaging with the second pin 89,

which is removably mounted in the holes 90 in the dial plate 86. Asecond outside dial segmcntQl is also rovidedfor a purpose hereinafterdescribe r The pin 83 is adapted to project in the path of the lockingfinger and causes it to be held temporarily to permit the shoulder 74 ofthe clutch roll support to drop downwardly to brin g the roller 70 intoclutching position. Thus the shaft 27 and the gear 33 will be clutchedtogether by reason of the roller 70 being caught between the cam face 78and the drum 67. It is held in that locking position by the spring 75.

I t is unlocked from that position by the pin 89 engaging the clutchroll support cam face 72 and depressing the roll, thus causingdisengagement. When this occurs the arm 80 gets under the shoulder 74and holds the roll in 'declutched position, permitting the shaft tocontinue to turn without turning the gear 33 and its drum 67.

Thus the sequence of operation of this clutch is as follows: Therotating shaft 27 carrying with it the arm 76 and the clutch rollsupport pivoted on the end thereof also carries the gear 33 and its drum67 with it by reason of the spring pressed engagement of the roller 70with the inside of the drum 67. The gear 33 and the shaft 27 turntogether through a major portion of the revolution of the shaft 27 whilethe paper is being ejected, but this gear movement is discontinned whenthe pin 89 engages the cam face 72, depressing it and thus releasing theen- I use the'pin 83, which is interposed in the path of the sto orsupport 80 at a point where that stop will e held temporarily to permitthe Clutch roll to recngage approximately at the end of the handlestroke in order that the gear and shaft will be clutched together, whena new cycle of operations starts once more.

Method of operation of H10 whole register.

Assume the handle 37 to be in the position shown in Figure 2. Theejecting rollers are in engagement with the paper sheets. Internally theparts are in position shown in Figure 3, with the writing table in itsforward position. i

When the several sheets are written upon and duplicate copies made byreason of the conventional carbon paper 92, which is fed from the roll93 in the box 94. the finger piece 38 is moved and the handle startedthrough a cycle of operations. This cycle is completed by a completerevolution of the handle.

which are to be ejected and the feeding of the r'ecordsheet 95 betweenthe record guides 96 paper need be run out in order to make a fulllength discharge for the check.

The following is a tabulation of the distances aper must be'moved if itis printed up inc ecks ranging from 3" to 11". The first item is thelength of the check, the second and 97 into the record box 98beneat-h'the foritem is the length of the paper that must be ward cover99.

When this ejection has been completed and it is then desired to align,the aligning cam 28 will have been brought to a position where it willmove the arm 21 b'ackwz-rrdly, thus moving the writing table to the rearuntil the end 24 of the writing table engages along the creases 10 ofthe sheets and aligns them along these creases against the abutment 14,whereupon the cam having passed by the spring on the arm 21 moves thewriting table forwardly again.

Simultaneously with this aligningop'eration, just at the beginningthereof, in order to permit the sheets to be moved backwardly ioralignment, the rolls are spread through the .spreading cam 42. This cam42 works upon the arm or lever 43, rotating the sleeve 46 and elevatingthe arm and yoke 48 spreading the rolls. Simultaneously withthiscessation of the driving of the rolls, the ratchet drops into the teeth39 of the lower roll. This is permitted by the low point of the cam 41coming into position, allowing the arm 40 to move under the impulse ofthe spring 41. If it is desired the stopping of the.rotation of therollers may be eifected just. slightly before the spreading operationtakes place.

To prevent the gears from continuing to retate by their momentum, theclutch known as the anti-spinning gear clutch operates as heretoforedescribed, and the rollers have. ceased to operate through the gears byreason of the gear clutch having come into operation. according to thesetting of the pin 80. This pin can be adjusted in the proper hole. inthe dial plate 86.'acco1.'ding to the length of sheet to be ejected. Asimilar adjustment is efi ccted with reference to the cams through thegraduations 53 on the sleeve 52. The unlocking point for reengagement ofthe gears with the shaft 27 is determined by the pin 83.

Thus, by making these adjustments the same machine. is adapted for usewith any ot the conventional lengths of slips to be ejected. On themachine shown, although any lengths can be handled. I have shown amachine that is capable of handling checks from 3" in length to 11 inlength, with half-inch differences in length between checks.

According to my method of operation of this machine I run out with thefirst rotation of the rollers a given length of ticket; then stop the,rollers and spread them; then align the paper by pulling it back to thealigning position along the crease, which is a backward movement of.%",and then reengage the paper with the rollers if any additional run outprior to aligning, and the third item is the length of paper that mustbe run out after aligning. In the case of the 5 check and the 11 check,as the first run out equals the length of the check, no additional runout is necessary so that there is no space indicated under the line-upcolumn. The tabulation is as follows:

3 Check Run out 1" 3 Check Run out 3 4 Check Run out 1" 4%" Check Runout 2% 5 Check tun out 4" 5 Check Run out 5 6" Check Run out 1" (i CheckRun out 2 7 Check Run out 7 Check Run out 4" 8" Check Run out 5" 8 Checktun out (5" 9" Check Run out 7" l Check Run out 8" 10 Check llun out 9"Line up draw 1 101/, Check lci-lun out 10" Line up draw ll neck Run out11" In Figures 13 and l4 the location of the pin 89 should correspond inits numbered position to the member opposite the hair line 53. Thegraduations 53 on the cam sleeve 52 can thus be adjusted and the camspositioned.

The aligning dial 86 with the pin in the2 A position should have thehair line 53 opposite the 2 position on the sleeve 52. The pin 83 shouldbe so positioned that its arm 88 will be opposite the 2" position on thefinal ejecting dial 91. Thus the paper will be run Line up' draw 2" Lineup draw Line up draw 3" Lineup draw 2 Line up draw 1" Line up Lineupdraw 5" Line up draw 4%" 3" Line up draw 4" Line up draw 3 Line updraw3" Lineup draw 2% Line up draw 2" Line up draw 1% Line up out by thehandle moving to the position I shown in dotted lines at A, at whichtime the clutch connectlng the gears to the shaft 27 will bedisconnected and the aligning operation will take place until the handlereaches ,-again connect the gears to the driving shaft 27 and therollers will be operated to eject the sheet. anadditional 2", whichejection is terminated by-the handle coming to rest against E I, itsstop in the position C. l

In the chart". in Figure this paper movement for a 4% check isdiagrannnatically illustrated. The first stage of the movement ofthcspaper to aligning position is an ejection of 2 ,4 the second stageis the aligning lnovcmcnt tuickwardly and third is the hunt ejectionmovement of 2".

As the stopping of the rolls at the end of the final 2 movement must beextremely accurate and very positive, I have provided the protectioi-iclutch, shown in section in Figure 12, which prevents the monentum ofthe rollers from causing them to continue to spin and therefore tocontinue to eject when the handle is suddenly brought torest against thestop at the end of the final ejecting movement. This clutch is alsouseful in bringing about the same result in cooperation with ,theratchet and pawl mechanism when the termination of the first eiection oeration takes place, which in the ease of the 5 and 11" checks is theonly ejection movement of the rollers. i

I thus provide a machine which is capable of'being quickly adjusted toany length of check. I The normal commercial range of these checks,according to trade custom, is from 3 to 11''. This greatly simplifiesthe 1nanufacturing process, enabling a standard machine to be made, andis of great ad vantage to the customer in that a change in his businesssystem with respect to the length of his cheeks does not necessitate thepurchase of a new machine. i

It will be understood that by creases I mean any form of aligningdesignation for physical transfornuition of the paper to facilitate thealignment, such as perforations, grooves, creases, folds and bends. Itis not necessary to have the paper initially folded for this purpose,but it may be supplied in rolls, as for instance, rolls that aretransversely perforated at spaced intervals.

I desire to comprehend Within my invention such modifications as may beclearly embraced Within my claims and the scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is: j

1. In anautographie register using a plurality of superimposed sheets,means for ejecting the sheets, a writing, table over which the sheetspass, and means for moving the writing table against the sheets to alignthem.

. 2. In an autographie register using a plurality of superimposed sheetswith transverse creases at spaced intervals, means to eject the sheets,a writing table over which the sheets pass, and means for moving saidwriting table against said sheets to engage the said creases toalignthem along the creases.

3. In an autographic register using a plurality of superimposed sheetswith transverse creases at spaced intervals, means to eject the sheets,a writing table over which the sheets pass, means for moving saidwriting table against said sheets to engage the said creases to alignthem along the creases, and a station- "ary abutment against which saidsheets are aligned along their creases.

4. In an autographic register using a plurality of paper sheetssuperimposed one over the other in folded condition, means arranged fordelivery of said sheets with the creases of their folds superimposed andto eject said sheets, means consisting of a writing table to support thesheets, means to move the writing table against the creases of saidsheets to align them on the creases.

5. In an autographic register using a plurality of paper sheetssuperimposed one over the other in a folded condition, means arrangedfor delivery of said sheets with the creases of their folds superimposedand to eject said sheets, means consisting of a Writing table to supportthe sheets, means to move the writing table against the creases of saidsheets to align them on the creases, and means to render the ejectingmeansinoperative while the sheets are moved for alignment by the movingwriting table.

6. In an autographic register using a plurality of paper sheetssuperimposed one over the other in folded condition, means arranged fordelivery of said sheets with the creases of their folds superimposed andto eject said sheets, means consisting of a writing table to support thesheets, means to move the writing. table against the creases of saidsheets to align them on the creases, means to render the ejecting meansinoperative While the sheets are moved for alignment by the movingwriting table, and an abutment adapted to limit the movement of thewriting table and the sheets being so aligned whereby the sheets areengaged between the Writing table and the abutment in an alignedposition along their superimposed creases.

7. In an autographic register using a plurality of superimposed sheets,means to eject said sheets, means to render said ejecting meansinoperative, a reciprocating writing table having one edge thereofadapted to engage said sheets, means for arranging said sheets belowsaid writing table to pass upward and over one edge of said writingtable and thence to the ejecting means, and means to 8. In anautographic register using a plurality of superimposed sheets, means toeject gage said sheets, means for arranging said sheets below saidwriting table to pass upward and over one edge of said writing table andthence to the ejecting means, means to align said sheets byreciprocating said writing table so that the edge thereof will engagesaid sheets where the sheets pass over the edge thereof; and astationary abutment so that the sheets will be engaged between theabutment and theend of the Writing table over which they pass foraligning purposes.

9. In an autographie register using a plurality of superimposed sheetswith spaced transverse creases, means to support said sheets in asuperimposed pack form folded along said creases, means to guide saidsheets over one edge and the top of a writing table, a Writing tableadapted to reciprocate, means to reciprocate the writing table, means toeject said sheets, means to stop operation of means to eject the sheets,and means when said ejecting means ceases to operate, to move saidwriting table, to align said sheets along the edge of the table wherethe edge of the table engages with the superin'iposed creases of thesheets.

10. In an autographic register using a plurality of superimposed sheetswith spaced transverse creases, means to support said sheets in asuperimposed pack form folded along said creases, means to guide saidsheets over one edge and the top of a Writing table, a writing tableadapted to reciprocate, means to reciprocate the writing table, means toeject said sheets, means, when said ejecting means ceases to operate, tomove said writing table may move to align said sheets along the edge ofthe table where the edge of the table engages with the superimposedcreases of the sheets,'and a stationary abutment for limiting themovement of said table and said sheets.

11. In an autographic register using a pinrality of superimposed spacedtransversely creased sheets, means to eject the sheets fromthe register,a writing table, means on an edge of the writing table to cause saidsheets to be aligned along said creases and means to reciprocate thewriting table.

12. In an autographic register using a plurality of superimposed spacedtransversely creased sheets, means to eject the sheets from theregister, a writing table, means on an edge of the writing table tocause said sheets to be aligned along said creases, and means toreciprocate the writing table, and an abutment for cooperating with saidsheets and writing table in said alignment operation.

13. In an autographic register using a plurality of superimposed sheetswith spaced adjacent superimposed creases, said sheets being arranged ina pack in folded condition in said register, a writing table above saidpack, means below and to one side of the edge of said table for guidingsaid sheets over the edge thereof, means to eject said sheets, means tomove said table to align said sheets along said creases. I

14. In an 'a'utographic register using a pinrality of superimposedsheets with spaced adjacent superimposed creases, said sheets be-' ingarranged in a pack in folded condition in said register, a writing tableabovesaid pack, means .ielow and to one side of the edge of said tablefor guiding said sheets over the edge thereof, means to eject saidsheets, means to move said table to align said sheets along saidcreases, and an abutment for cooperating in said aligning operation,said aligning means being so arranged as to cause the said sheets to bearranged along the aligning edge of the table both below and over thetop of the table.

15. In an autographic register using a plurality of superimposed sheetsprovided with spaced transverse creases, ejecting rollers, a writingtable, means to reciprocate the writing table, means to spread saidrollers prior to and during the reciprocating of the writing table.

16. In an antographic register using a plurality of superimposed sheetsprovided with spaced transverse creases, ejecting rollers, a writingtable, means to reciprocate the writing table, means to spread saidrollers prior to and during the reciprocating of the writing table, andmeans to prevent the further rotation of said ejecting rollers at theend of the ejecting operation coincident with the spreading of therollers.

17. In an autographic register using a plurality of superimposed sheetswith spaced transverse creases in superimposed adjacent relationship, areeiprocable writing table adapted to have one edge engage with saidcreases to align them, an abutment for coopcrating in said aligningoperation, a driving means, ejecting rollers driven thereby, means toreciprocate the writing table driven by said driven means, means torender said ejecting means inoperative, and means to disconnect saidejecting means to cease the movement thereof.

18. In an autographic register using a plurality of sheets having spacedaligned creases, a reciprot-able writing table for aligning the sheets,an abutment, a handle and driving shaft, means associated with saiddriving shaft for reciprocating said writing table, ejecting rollers,means for driving said rollers mounted on said shaft, means forspreading said rollers controlled by said shaft, said several meansbeing so arranged that by the continued movement of the driving shaftthe sheets will be ejected, the rollers will be brought to rest andspread apart, the writing table will be moved for aligning the sheetsand upon alignment the sheets will be reengaged by the rollers to beheld in position for writing and tearing off of the sheets.

19. In an autographic register using a plurality of sheets having spacedaligned creases,

a reciprocable writing table for aligning the sheets, an abutment, ahandle and driving shaft, means associated with said driving shaft forreciprocating said writing table,- ejecting rollers, means for drivingsaid rollers mounted on said shaft, means for spreading said rollerscontrolled by said shaft, said several means being so arranged that bythe continued movement of the driving shaft the sheets will be ejected,the rollers will be brought to rest and spread apart, the writing tablewill bemoved for aligning the sheets and upon alignment the sheets willbe reengaged by the rollers to be held in position for writing andtearing off of the sheets, and means for preventing the spinning of saidrollers carried by said driving shaft.

20. In an autographic register using a plurality of sheets having spacedaligned creases. a reciprocable writingtable for aligning the sheets, anabutment, a'handle and driving shaft, means associated with said drivingshaft for reciprocating said writing table, ejecting rollers. means fordriving said roll,- ers mounted on said shaft, means for spreading saidrollers controlled by said shaft, said several means being so arrangedthat by the continued movement of the driving shaft the sheets will beejected, the rollers will be brought to rest and spread apart, thewriting table will be moved for aligning the sheets and upon alignmentthe sheets will be reengaged by the rollers to be held in position forwriting and tearing off of the sheets, means for preventing the spinningof said rollers carried by said driving shaft, and means for preventingthe spinnin of said rollers.

2h In an autographic register using a plurality of sheets having spacedaligned creases, a rcciprorable writing table for aligning the sheets,an abutment, a handle and driving shaft, means associated with saiddriving shaft for reciprocating said writing table,

ejecting rollers, means for driving said rollers" mounted on said shaft,means for spreading said rollers controlled by said shaft, said severalmeans being so arranged that by the continued movement of the drivingshaft the sheets will be ejected, the rollers will be brought to restand spread apart, the writing table will be moved foraligning the sheetsand upon alignment the sheets will be reengaged by the rollers to beheld in position forwriting and tearing off of the sheets, means forpreventing the spinning of said rollers carried by said driving shaft.means for preventing the spinning of the driving means of g of thedriving means said rollers, and yielding means for restoring saidwriting table to its initial position after the ali-gningoperation.

22. In an autographic register using a plurality of sheets having spacedaligned creases,

a reciprocating writing table for ali ning the sheets, an abutment, ahandle an driving shaft, means associated with said driving shaft forreciprocating said writin table, ejecting rollers, means for driving sairollers mounted on said shaft, means for spreading said rollerscontrolled by said shaft, said several means being so arranged that bythe continued movement of the driving shaft the sheets will be ejected,the rollers will be brought to rest and spread apart, the writing tablewill be moved for aligning the sheets and upon alignment the sheets willbe reen-' gaged by the rollersto be held in position for writing andtearing off of the sheets, means for preventing the spinning of saidrollers carried by said driving shaft, means for preventing the spinningof the driving means of said rollers, yielding means for restoring saidwriting table to its initial position after the aligning operation, androller guiding means for guiding said sheets arranged beneath the rearend of said writing table so that the aligning edge of said table willbe inserted in a V-shaped pocket formed by said sheets 'to facilitatealignment along the creases thereof.

23. In an autographic register using a plurality of superimposed sheetsadapted to be aligned along spaced transverse creases, an actuatingmeans, a writing table, means for ejecting said sheets, means foraligning said sheets along the creases including a backward movement ofsaid sheets to an aligning position, means for spreading said ejectingmeans coincident with the aligning operation, and means to cause saidsheets to be reengaged .for further ejection to final ejecting position.

24. In an autographie register using a plurality of superimposed sheetsadapted to be aligned along spaced transverse creases, an actuatingmeans, a writing table, means for ejecting said sheets, means foraligning said sheets along the creases including a backward movement ofsaid sheets to an aligning position, means for spreading said e ectingmeans coincident with the aligning operation, and

means to causesaid sheets to be reengaged for further ejectment to finalejecting position, said actuating means for the aligning means andejecting means being adapted to move in a continuous movement throughoutthe cycle of operation.

25. In an autographic register using a plurality of sheets having spacedaligned creases, actuating means, ejecting means, means to connect theactuating means and ejecting means, means to disconnect the actuatingmeans from the ejecting means, means to disengage the e ecting meansfrom operative rew, lationship with said sheets, means to align saidsheets during said disepgagement with the sheets, and means to ad ustthe ejecting means to change its period of operation.

26. In an autographic register using a plurality of sheets having spacedaligned creases, actuating means, ejecting means, means to connect theactuating means and ejecting means, means to disconnect the actuatingmeans from the ejecting means, means to disengage the ejecting meansfrom operative relationship with said sheets, means to align said sheetsduring said disengagement with the sheets, and means to adjust theejecting means to change its period of operation.

27. In an autographic register using a plurality of sheets having spacedaligned creases, actuating means, ejecting means, means to connect theactuating means and ejecting means, means to disconnect the actuatingmeans from the ejecting means, means to disengage the ejecting meansfrom operative relationship with said sheets, means to align said sheetsduring said disengagement with the sheets, and means to adjust theejecting means to change its period of operation, said aligning meansconsisting of a reciprocating writing table and a stationary abutmentwhereby the backward movement of the table by the aligning means willserve to align the sheets along their creases between the rear edge ofthe table and the abutment 28. In an autographic register using aplurality of sheets having spaced aligned creases.

' an actuating means, ejecting rolls actuated thereby, means to connectsaid actuating means and rolls, means to bring said connecting meansinto operation, means to render said connecting means inoperative,setting dials for said respective means to bring the connecting meansinto operation and to render it inoperative whereby said ejecting meansWill operate during a portion of the time of the operation of theactuating means and will be rendered inoperative during another portion.

29. In an autographic register using a plurality of sheets having spacedaligned creases, an actuating means, ejecting rolls actuated thereby,means to connect said actuating means and rolls, means to bring saidconnecting means into operation, means to render said connecting meansinoperative, setting dials for said respective means to bring theconnecting means into operation and to render it inoperative wherebysaid ejecting means will operate during'a portion of the time of theoperation of the actuating means and will be rendered inoperative duringanother portion, and a means for effecting the alignment of said sheetsand means to effect the disengagement of the ejecting means so that saidalignment may take place during the period that the ejecting means isnot operating.

.30. In an autographic register using a plurality of sheets havingspaced aligned creases, an actuating means, ejecting rolls actuatedthereby, means to connect said actuating means and rolls, means to bringsaid connecting means into operation, means to render said connectingmeans inoperative, setting dials for said respective means to bring theconnecting means into operation and to render it inoperative wherebysaid ejecting means will operate during a portion of the time of theoperation of the actuating means and will be rendered inoperative duringanother portion, and a means for effecting the alignment of said sheets,means to cifect the disengagement ot the ejecting means so that saidalignment may take place during the period that the ejecting means isnot operating, and a dial adapted to facilitate the setting of thealigning operation and the time of it with respect to the time ofoperation of the ejecting means.

31. In an autographic register using a pinrality of sheets having spacedaligned creases, an actuating means, ejecting rolls actuated thereby,means to connect said actuating means and rolls, means to bring saidconnecting means into operation, means to render said connecting meansinoperative, setting dials for said respective means to bring theconnecting means into operation and to rcnder it inoperative wvherebysaid ejecting means will operate during a portion of the time of theoperation of the actuating means and will be rendered inoperative duringanother portion, and a means for effecting the alignment of said sheets,means to effect the disengagement of the ejecting means so that saidalignment may take place during the period that the ejecting means isnot operating, a dial adapted to facilitate the setting of the aligningoperation and the time of it with respect to the time of operation ofthe ejecting means, and means to prevent the rotation of the ejectingmeans.

32. In an autographic register using a plurality of sheets having spacedaligned creases, an actuating means, ejecting rolls actuated thereby,means to connect said actuating means and rolls, means to bring saidconnecting means into operation, means to render said connecting meansinoperative, setting dials for said respective means to bring theconnecting means into operation and to render it inoperative wherebysaid ejecting means will operate during a portion of the time of theoperation of the actuating means and will be rendered inoperative duringanother portion, means for effecting the alignment of said sheets, meansto eitect the disengagement of the ejecting means so that said alignmentmay take place during the period that the ejecting means is notoperating, a dial adapted to facilitate the setting of the alignmentoperation and the time of it with respect to the time of operation ofthe ejecting i i l means, means to prevent the rotation of the ejectingmeans at the end of the first move-' ment of the ejecting means, andadditional means for stopping the movement of the ejecting means at theend of its second move ment.

33. In an autographic register using a plurality of sheets having spacedaligned creases, an actuating shaft, means for actuating the shaftadapted to pass through a complete revolution, means to stop the shaftat-the end of the revolution, ejecting rollers driven thereby, means tospread said rollers, a cam on said shaft for effecting said spreadingthrough said spreading means, a ratchet on one of said rollers, a pawladapted to engage said ratchet while said rollers are spread, a cam forcontrolling said pawl, yielding means to impel said pawl into engagementwith the ratchet, a reciprocating writing table, an arm adapted toreciprocate said table, a stationary abutment spaced from the end ofsaid table, a cam on said shaft for actuating said table reciprocatingarm, yielding means for returning said reciprocating arm and table toinitial position, a clutch connecting said shaft and said ejectingrollers, a clutch locking pin adapted to cause said clutch to engage andconnect the shaft and rollers, and a clutch unlocking pin adapted tounlock said clutch.

34. In an autographic register using a plurality of sheets having spacedaligned creases, an actuating shaft, means for actuating the haftadapted to pass through a complete revolution, means to stop the shaftat the end of the revolution, ejecting rollers driventhereby, means tospread said rollers, a cam on said shaft for effecting said spreadingthrough said spreading means, a ratchet on one of said rollers, a pawladapted to engage said ratchet while said rollers are spread, a cam forcontrolling said pawl, yielding means to impel said pawl into engagementwith the ratchet,

a reciprocating writing table, an arm adapted to reciprocate said table,a stationary abutment spaced from the end of said table, a cam on saidshaft for actuating said table recipro eating arm, yielding means forreturning said reciprocating arm and table to initial position, a clutchconnecting said shaft and said ejecting rollers, a clutch locking pinadapted to cause said clutch to engage and connect the shaft androllers, a clutch unlocking pin adapted to unlock said clutch, and arevolvable sleeve on said shaft carrying said cams, and means forholding said sleeve in predetermined positions whereby the position ofsaid cams with respect to said shaft may be controlled and regulated fortiming the several operations of ejecting and alignin".

35. In an autographic register using a plurallty of sheets having spacedaligned creases, an actuating shaft, means for actuating the shaftadapted to pass through a complete revolution, means to sto the shaft atthe end of the revolution, e ecting rollers driven thereby, means tospread said rollers, a cam on said shaft for effecting said spreadingthrough said spreading means, a ratchet on one of said ,rollers, a pawladapted to engage said ratchet while said rollers are spread, a cam forcontrolling said pawl,

ers, a clutch locking pin adapted to cause said clutch to engage andconnect the shaft and rollers, a clutch unlocking pin adapted to unlocksaid clutch, a revolvable sleeve on said shaft carrying said cams, meansfor holding said sleeve in predetermined positions whereby the positionof said cams with respect to said shaft may be controlled and regulatedfor timing the several operations of ejecting and aligning, and a clutchbetween said shaft and the means to connect said shaft to the rollers sothat when the shaft is brought to rest the rollers will be preventedfrom continuing to turn and eject.

36. In an autographic register using a plurality of sheets having spacedaligned creases, a supply storage box, a record storage box adapted toreceive alternately folded sheets along the creased lines, a writingtable, means to guide one of said sheets from the writing table into thestorage box, means to guide said sheets from the supply box beneath andover the rear edge of the said Writing table, a stationary abutmentadjacent the rear edge of the writing table, means to reciprocate thewriting table for aligning the sheets, ejecting rollers for ejecting thesheets and filling the storage box with. a record sheet, commonactuating means for the reciprocating table and the ejecting rollers,and means actuated thereby for rendering said rollers inoperative toeject while the reciprocating writing table is aligning. I

In testimony whereof, I afliX my signature.

GEORGE J. NETH

